Turkiye's FM Fidan says Istanbul assessing aid to Saudi Arabia as part of Makkah agreement

Turkiye is assessing how it can help Saudi Arabia counter attacks from Yemen’s Houthis under the Makkah defence pact signed between Islamabad, Riyadh and Istanbul, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Thursday. The defence pact , signed on Aug 7, aims to strengthen collective deterrence and empower its signatory states to treat an attack against one of them as an attack against all of them. “The technical evaluations are [being] carried out, and these continue among our military officials,” Fidan said during a joint press conference in Ankara with his Hungarian counterpart, adding…